Space

My entry for the space contest, I made this on my second go. It doesn't really have a form, because I have no idea how to do that yet.

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ramo/Space.png

and the first space picture comes out good work. Nebular looks cool.

Stars look nice but to me everything just looks stuck on there :S the yellow stars or w.e they are dont fit the picture and the nebular in the middle varies to much for me it shouldn't have yellow or red tbh :S sort that out and GJ lol (Y)

Looks really flat.

Sorry but not a great fan. Try greg martins tutorials they will get you started.

some tips.
your starfield has good depth, but i think what i would try is with a soft round brush (whatever size needed + whatever opacity) lightly fade out the stars behind and around the stars and planets. enough so you can see them, but it focuses more and its more realistic.
your nebular has great colours just it looks like only clouds. if you keep it cloduy then try and add some dark clouds in the foreground so you can see the dark dust to add depth.
there may be a few too many stars. just my opinion though, great start for sure.

Some things about it I'm not sure about. The Nebula seems to look like it's moving around the orange planet at the bottom. The nebula also seems to look a bit plain. I'm not sure, but it could be the overall transparency and the lighting.

But on an honest note, it looks pretty damn amazing!